Обман операторов, но в целом нормальный отель Deception of operators, but in general a normal hotel

The first, biggest (and perhaps only) disappointment that awaited us on the day of our arrival at this hotel was that it is located on the SECOND coastline, and not on the first, as it is written on the operators' websites and in many reviews. I don’t know how it happened, either unexpectedly a whole huge hotel (Seher Resort & Spa) was built between the Side Breeze hotel and the sea, or the operators are simply deliberately deceiving tourists, but the fact remains that the Side Breeze hotel is located on the second line and it is separated from the sea not only by the promised 260 meters of a footpath “along the picturesque canal with turtles”, but also by the road between the hotels and the road along the beach along the beaches of the Seher Resort & Spa and Grand Hotel Seker until you reach your patch of beach line. No, the road to the beach didn’t bother us at all, it’s probably even useful to walk 1 km in one direction, it’s just that the very fact of deception was very disappointing. When choosing a hotel, we deliberately looked only at the first line, ignoring the second or third, and that's how we "got caught". Right now I am reviewing the photos of the hotel on the operator's websites and it seems to me that some of them smell of photoshop... especially those that show both the hotel and the sea at the same time. It is not true. The sea from this hotel is only visible from the roof and from the balconies of the top floor, standing on tiptoe.
In general, the rest and the hotel left a positive impression. Turkish Airlines flew on schedule, they checked us into the hotel quickly, despite the early arrival, on the day of departure we managed to extend the room until the evening for an extra charge of € 35, the room was quite good, although the Swing function did not work in the air conditioner and it blew on the bed , and not on top, but these are trifles. Room cleaning and linen change is regular, regardless of whether we left a tip or not. A change of beach towels costs €0.5, the first time they are issued free of charge. The mini-bar in the room upon arrival contained a set of all sorts of Fant and Coca-Cola local spills, every day they added 1.5 liters to a bottle of drinking water. There is a safe in the room, with a digital code, for a fee of €1.5 per day (I just can’t understand why they take money from us for using the safe in the room, apparently this is the tradition).
The hotel consists of 3 buildings, judging by the fact that the numbering of the buildings does not start from No. 1, but from No. 5, the conclusion suggests itself that the hotel spun off from some other hotel, I didn’t go into details of the history, I’m not interested. Buildings No. 6 and No. 7 are a single whole, they house a restaurant, a reception, a spa, a conference room and a single store. Building No. 5 is located 50 meters from the main building, between buildings 5 ​ ​ and 6 there is a theater, a bar and a disco. All buildings have elevators. There are 3 pools on the territory of the hotel - 2 with a depth of 1.4 m, 1 with a depth of 1.1 m / 0.4 m, it has 2 large slides. The Spa has Turkish (we were offered for $40) and Finnish (free) baths and an excellent cool pool 1.4 m deep. There is no children's slide in the pools, although some operators have them in the photo; the hotel has two "dry" children's slides in the playground.

In general, the hotel (and the nearest shops and shops) is imprisoned for the Germans. Everyone here speaks German well, not everyone speaks English badly, almost no one speaks Russian. If you speak only Russian, the Pegasus guide sits in the hotel lobby all daylight hours, he will probably be able to help you, we did not contact him, using English. Prices in shops in the area are in euros everywhere, so if you are going to this area, IMHO it makes sense to bring euros with you, not dollars, because. Turks-sellers strive to transfer from euros to dollars at favorable rates.
Beach. The fact that it takes 10 minutes to walk, I have already said. The beach itself occupies a coastline of only about 30 m, all sunbeds are under a canopy, it is forbidden to take them out into the sun. The beach is sandy, the entrance to the sea too. The entrance to the sea is very gentle, so the beach is very good for children, but bad for long-distance swimmers, because. shallow for a long time, the buoys are quite close to the shore, and swimming beyond them is not only forbidden, but is fraught with getting hit by a scooter or some banana carrier, which continuously barrage along the line of buoys. Yes, due to sand, waves and a large number of tourists, the water in the sea from about 10 o'clock until sunset is a muddy water-sand suspension.
Nutrition. There is nothing bad to say here. If you really find fault and painstakingly compare with other hotels, you can find some shortcomings, which is better in other hotels, but in general, everything is very good with food, both in the main restaurant and on the beach. Juice, as in most hotels, powdered, freshly squeezed juice was only for breakfast, only orange, for € 2 per glass. I didn’t see Turkish coffee, perhaps because I didn’t look for it, the coffee in the vending machines was disgusting, but even I liked the tea in the restaurant and on the beach, although I usually don’t drink tea in principle. We didn’t take local alcohol in the bars, having prudently visited Duty Free beforehand, the beer in Efes Pilsen kegs was quite good, it is poured in the lobby around the clock on its own.
Animation. The websites say "unobtrusive". In fact, none. We did not need it, but if you want to be entertained, choose another hotel. Even what we saw out of the corner of our eye on the beaches and playgrounds of the nearest neighboring hotels was better than in Side Breeze.

In general, I liked the rest, despite some of the shortcomings described above, but I will not go to this hotel again, and I will not recommend it to my friends (again, in the light of the above).